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Online material not only models good practice, but also provides the same advantages we readily recognize for students. For example, it allows us to work at our own convenience, in private if we wish, and set our own pace. Online resources can be covered in a just-in-time fashion targeting the exact need.
Online teaching
Methods for teaching online include:

· Asynchronous Computer Mediated Communication (eg. email, discussion groups)
· Synchronous Computer Mediated Communication (eg.chats, desktop, videoconferencing, groupware)
· Online Assessment
· Learning Resources
· Documents (eg. lecture notes, readings)
· Multimedia (interactive or otherwise)
· Links to external resources
· Student Prepared Material
To incorporate online teaching into our repertoire we need to know:
What are the skills and strategies required for successful online teaching?

Good Practice: Integrating Technology
Overview of Online Teaching Techniques for Computer-Mediated Communications
We can divide the online teaching techniques in four different levels:

1- One-online Techniques
  • Online databases
  • Online journals
  • Online applications
  • Software Libraries
  • Online interest groups
  • Interviews

2- One-to-one Techniques
  • Learning Contracts
  • Apprenticeships
  • Internships
  • Correspondence Studies

3- One-to-many Techniques
  • Lectures
  • Symposiums
  • Skits

4- Many-to-many Techniques
  • Debates
  • Simulations or games
  • Role Plays
  • Case Studies
  • Discussion groups
  • Transcript based assignments
  • Brainstorming
  • Delphi Techniques
  • Nominal group techniques
  • Forums
  • Project groups

Extracted from: **Integrating Technology**


Myths of Online Teaching
What was the idea people in general had about the online teaching:
  1. Learners are unable to adapt to the online environment.
  2. The instructor has to know how to do everything.
  3. Time requirements for teachers are lower in an online environment.
  4. Online classrooms aren't conducive to group interaction and activities.
  5. Online classrooms aren't as social as face-to-face classrooms.
  6. The number of learners in online classrooms can be unlimited.
  7. Technology will always work.
  8. The course will market itself; post it on the web and they will come.
  9. Learners will always understand your intended expectations for them from your clearly written syllabus.

Extracted from: Hanna, Donald E., Michelle Glowacki-Dudka & Simone Conceicao-Runlee. (2000).147 Practical Tips for Teaching Online Groups. (pp. 23-27).Atwood Publishing, Madison: Wisconsin.